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This was the first she was hearing of this When she’d asked hiraduation, he was always undecided He said he was thinking of college, but he wasn’t sure yet The thought of hi

"You really think your parents will be okay with that?"

"I don’t see why not"

Suddenly feeling a lot better, she re his mom’s minutes She didn’t want to add even one more day to his sentence, so she told hier before Vincent said he had to go wash his dad’s car, but he pro his own cell phone line

Rose lay there in bed chastising herself for that ugly feeling in her stoo of the fact that this had all happened because it ticked Vincent off that the idiot on the bike had bu reacted the way he had She’d seen him react before, kneas in hi like this when they’d been so close? It was all they’d talked about lately

Enough He uished about this as she was She wouldn’t hold it against hiiven

CHAPTER TEN

Vince

Having no credit was apparently as bad as having bad credit Vince was looking at having to coet his own cell phone account Getting a pay-per-use one where he’d pay to add h those minutes in no time It would be cheaper if he just stayed on his hts, and weekends to their plan He told his mom he’d pick up a part-time job at the hardware store on the weekends to help with the added expense

Thankfully she agreed Being able to hear Rose’s voice now instead of just texting alleviated the incredible need to be with her a little But he was stillRandy and costing hied on, and just a few days before he and his parents were scheduled to make the trip out to La Jolla, he and Rose had their first spat

Since they’d become a couple, he rarely went to any parties Rose hadn’t asked hi down even before Rose The parties in his area alet his shit straight, parties were one of the first things he began avoiding But not all could be avoided: Alfonso’s birthday party yesterday for example Alfonso was one of Vince’s closest friends since they’d been kids Alfonso even offered to pick him up from work then have someone drive him home when he was ready because Vince told hi

"You went to a party?" Rarely had Vince heard Rose sound irritated, but the irritation carounded you fro"

"Well, yeah But my dad doesn’t know my exact schedule at the hardware store I told hiot home just a little after nine Alfonso said he’d have someone drop me off just as soon as I was ready, and Ray-Ray dropped me off ten minutes after nine My parents didn’t even question it"

Instead of that cal her, she raised her voice "Ray-Ray dropped you off?"